Indian Antiquities: Or, Dissertations Relative to the Ancient Geographical Divisions, the Pure System of Primeval Theology, the Grand Code of Civil Laws, the Original Form of Government, the Widely-extended Commerce, and the Various Profound Literature, of Hindostan: Compared, Throughout, with the Religion, Laws, Government, and Literature, of Persia, Egypt, and Greece, the Whole Intended as Introductory to The History of Hindostan, Upon a Comprehensive Scale ...The Author, 1794 - India |
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Page 790
... ceremony itself is thus defcri- bed : " The fovereign priest carried a great knife in his hand of a large and sharpe flint : another priest carried a collar of wood , wrought in form of a fnake : " he might have faid the ferpent , the ...
... ceremony itself is thus defcri- bed : " The fovereign priest carried a great knife in his hand of a large and sharpe flint : another priest carried a collar of wood , wrought in form of a fnake : " he might have faid the ferpent , the ...
Page 792
... ceremonies , as they do likewife in their bathes . " * That portion , however , of the theological system of the Americans , to which I wish to direct the more particular at- tention of the reader , is contained in the fol- lowing ...
... ceremonies , as they do likewife in their bathes . " * That portion , however , of the theological system of the Americans , to which I wish to direct the more particular at- tention of the reader , is contained in the fol- lowing ...
Page 846
... ceremony takes place , which can only be performed by the hand of a brahmin , and that is , the impreffing of their foreheads with THE TILUK , or mark of different different colours , as they may belong either to the [ 846 ] ] .
... ceremony takes place , which can only be performed by the hand of a brahmin , and that is , the impreffing of their foreheads with THE TILUK , or mark of different different colours , as they may belong either to the [ 846 ] ] .
Page 848
... ceremonies of the brahmins , informs us , that the brahmin who performs the ceremony , oc- cafionally ringing the bell and blowing the changue , " gives the TILUK , or mark on the forehead , to the idol , by dipping his right thumb in a ...
... ceremonies of the brahmins , informs us , that the brahmin who performs the ceremony , oc- cafionally ringing the bell and blowing the changue , " gives the TILUK , or mark on the forehead , to the idol , by dipping his right thumb in a ...
Page 851
... ceremony of Sandivane , or ablution in the Ganges , or fome facred tank . In all other respects , his func- tions and worship feem to be abforbed in that of Veeshnu , in whofe temples he is fculptured with four heads and four arms . The ...
... ceremony of Sandivane , or ablution in the Ganges , or fome facred tank . In all other respects , his func- tions and worship feem to be abforbed in that of Veeshnu , in whofe temples he is fculptured with four heads and four arms . The ...
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affertion Afia Afiatic alfo Almai alſo altar amidſt ancient antiquity Apuleius Arrian aſtoniſhment Ayeen Akbery Brahma brahmins ceremony Chineſe Chriſtian confecrated confidered cuſtom dæmons dance darkneſs defcended deity deſcribed devotion divine doctrine dreadful earth Egypt eſtabliſhed exiſtence facred facrifice fame fays fecond fect feſtivals feven fevere fhall fhould fince fire firft firſt folemn fome fometimes foul fpirits ftate ftone fubject fuch fufferings fuperftition fymbol heaven herſelf himſelf Hindoo hiſtory idol India Indian inftance inveſtigation itſelf laſt leaſt leſs Lingam Mithra moſt muſt myfteries obferved occafion paffage paffed paffions pagoda Parmenides penance penitents Perfia perfons Pfyche philofopher Plato poffible Pooja Porphyry prefent prieſts purpoſe Pythagoras reader reaſon repreſented reſpect rites Sabian Saniaffi ſcarcely Seeva ſeveral ſhall ſhe Sir William Jones ſome ſtate ſtill ſyſtem temple thefe themſelves theology theſe thofe thoſe thouſand throne tion tolahs univerfal uſe vafe vaſt Veefhnu whofe whoſe worſhip Yogee